Synoptic Chart

Updated: Tuesday 4:00am

Troughs are maintaining heat over much of Australia's interior and triggering showers and storms in parts of WA, the NT, SA, NSW and QLD. A developing monsoon trough is generating rain and storms in the northern tropics. Highs are keeping much of the far south of the country dry.

Satellite Photo

04:00 am EDT

Cloud in parts of northeastern NSW, northern SA and northern WA in troughs is generating showers and storms. Cloud about the QLD coast in onshore winds is bringing a few showers. Cloud building in the tropics in a developing monsoon is causing showers and storms to increase.